The Russian city of Samara hosted a 9-round Open tournament dedicated to the memory of legendary Grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky. The tournament, which is also a qualifier for the 2011 Russian Cup, took place from 5th to 13th July with 11300 EUR in prizes.
GM Semen Dvoirys from Chelyabinsk won the key final game with black pieces and claimed a clear first place with 7.5 points. His earlier co-leaders Pavel Smirnov and Jakov Geller could only achieve draws and land on the shared second place.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
India wants to host Anand - Gelfand match
India nominates Chennai to host the Anand - Gelfand World Championship match. This was announced yesterday afternoon in Chennai by the FIDE President and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State Mme J. Jayalalithaa.
Chennai is planning to invest 200 million rupees (approximately $ 4.5 million) in the match. It should be noted that by now FIDE has already received a bid from the Russian Chess Federation.
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Chennai is planning to invest 200 million rupees (approximately $ 4.5 million) in the match. It should be noted that by now FIDE has already received a bid from the Russian Chess Federation.
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13th International Open Torredembarra
The 13th International Open Torredembarra was held from 2nd to 10th July, 2010, in Torredembarra (Catalonia), Spain. Club d'Escacs Torredembarra managed the 9-round Swiss tournament. 110 players took participation.
GM Arthur Kogan entered the final round full point ahead of the rest of the field and then drew his game to secure a clear first place with 7.5 points.
Tournament website
GM Arthur Kogan entered the final round full point ahead of the rest of the field and then drew his game to secure a clear first place with 7.5 points.
Tournament website
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Balaguer Open
The 16th Obert Internacional d'Escacs Ciutat de Balaguer will be played from 17th to 25th June in Balaguer, Spain. The prize fund is 13000 EUR and 2300 EUR goes to the winner.
Top rated players are GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2579, GM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis CUB 2551, GM Janev Evgeni BUL 2528, GM Bakre Tejas IND 2522, GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2489, IM Pozo Vera Sandro CUB 2471, IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2450, IM Roeder Matthias GER 2420, IM Ivanov Jordan BUL 2398 and GM Westerinen Heikki M J FIN 2355.
Tournament website
Top rated players are GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2579, GM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis CUB 2551, GM Janev Evgeni BUL 2528, GM Bakre Tejas IND 2522, GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2489, IM Pozo Vera Sandro CUB 2471, IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2450, IM Roeder Matthias GER 2420, IM Ivanov Jordan BUL 2398 and GM Westerinen Heikki M J FIN 2355.
Tournament website
Mikhail Botvinnik Memorial 2011 (Updated)
All members of the current 2800+ club - Anand, Carlsen, and Aronian, as well as the ex world champion Vladimir Kramnik will participate in Botvinnik Memorial 2011.
It will be a rapid tournament played in Moscow Friday 2nd September (round 1-3) and Saturday 3rd September (round 4-6).
The participants of Men's section are Viswanthan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik and in the Women's section the players are Koneru Humpy, Tatiana Kosintseva, Viktorija Cmilyte and Elina Danielian.
The tournament will have two parts. The first part is a double round robin Rapid Competition (6 rounds), with a 25min + 10sec time control and the second is a simultaneous exhibition of the players where each will play on 10 boards.
More information on the event in bergensjakk.no and www.sjakkhuset.no
Update: In addition, a seniors' tournament will be played on 13-20th August. Boris Spassky (France), Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland), Lajos Portisch (Hungary), Wolfgang Uhlmann (Germany), Borislav Ivkov (Serbia), Mark Taimanov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Igor Zaitsev, Aleksander Nikitin and Anatoly Bykhovsky (all Russia) will participate.
It will be a rapid tournament played in Moscow Friday 2nd September (round 1-3) and Saturday 3rd September (round 4-6).
The participants of Men's section are Viswanthan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik and in the Women's section the players are Koneru Humpy, Tatiana Kosintseva, Viktorija Cmilyte and Elina Danielian.
The tournament will have two parts. The first part is a double round robin Rapid Competition (6 rounds), with a 25min + 10sec time control and the second is a simultaneous exhibition of the players where each will play on 10 boards.
More information on the event in bergensjakk.no and www.sjakkhuset.no
Update: In addition, a seniors' tournament will be played on 13-20th August. Boris Spassky (France), Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland), Lajos Portisch (Hungary), Wolfgang Uhlmann (Germany), Borislav Ivkov (Serbia), Mark Taimanov, Evgeni Vasiukov, Igor Zaitsev, Aleksander Nikitin and Anatoly Bykhovsky (all Russia) will participate.
Friday, July 08, 2011
Quebec looking for its new chess legend
The Quebec Open 2011 will take place July 23 to July 30 in Montreal, Canada. It features five sections plus a closed tournament for a total guaranteed prize fund of 18 000$.
The event is looking for its new legend in 2011, after Nigel Short, Viktor Korchnoi, Igor Ivanov, Boris Gulko, Anton Kovalyov, and Ljubomir Ljubojević have put their names with golden letters in Quebec chess history.
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The event is looking for its new legend in 2011, after Nigel Short, Viktor Korchnoi, Igor Ivanov, Boris Gulko, Anton Kovalyov, and Ljubomir Ljubojević have put their names with golden letters in Quebec chess history.
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Gashimov puts his personal interests aside
Q: What do you mean by self-interest?
Vugar Gashimov: The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland will take place concurrently with the World Team Championship. Some time ago I signed a contract with the organizers about participating in this tournament. Now Alexei Shirov is replacing me.
Q: So you canceled the contract in order to play at the World Team Championship. Did you pay a fine?
Vugar Gashimov: My thanks to the President of our federation Elman Rustamov, he solved the issue.
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Vugar Gashimov: The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland will take place concurrently with the World Team Championship. Some time ago I signed a contract with the organizers about participating in this tournament. Now Alexei Shirov is replacing me.
Q: So you canceled the contract in order to play at the World Team Championship. Did you pay a fine?
Vugar Gashimov: My thanks to the President of our federation Elman Rustamov, he solved the issue.
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Anand: Chennai is bidding to host the World Chess event
"I will be very happy to represent India before a home crowd in Chennai which is bidding to host the World Chess event. Though spectators play no role in cheering up the players but certainly their presence is required," Anand told reporters.The Times of India
"If Chennai hosts the World Chess, it will be a great boost to the sport across the country," he added.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
India to bid for the Anand - Gelfand 2012 match
India could become a major competitor of Russia in the bidding to host the 2012 match for the title of world champion in classical chess, RIA Novosti reported.
On 28th June Russia filed a formal request to the FIDE to organize the match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand.
On 28th June Russia filed a formal request to the FIDE to organize the match between Vishy Anand and Boris Gelfand.
"Chess in Schools" in Libya
On the 4th of July, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Tripoli, Libya and met with Mr. Muhammad al-Gaddafi, Head of the Libyan Olympic Committee.
Later Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met Dr. Abdulkabir Fakhry, Minister of Education and Science of Libya.
They discussed a draft agreement between FIDE and the Libyan government, i.e. the Libyan Ministry of Education and Science, on the "Chess in Schools" programme realization. The Libyan Minister noted that the agreement will be of great importance for Libyan education and heartily thanked the FIDE President for the attention he pays to this question at such a complicated time in the country. In addition Dr. Abdulkabir Fakhry laid special emphasis on the role and individual contribution of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
It is planned that chess lessons will be phased into the curriculum of Libyan schools. At the suggestion of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, starting from the new school year (1st October), chess will be implemented as a pilot project in the obligatory education programme in 20 Libyan schools.
Later Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met Dr. Abdulkabir Fakhry, Minister of Education and Science of Libya.
They discussed a draft agreement between FIDE and the Libyan government, i.e. the Libyan Ministry of Education and Science, on the "Chess in Schools" programme realization. The Libyan Minister noted that the agreement will be of great importance for Libyan education and heartily thanked the FIDE President for the attention he pays to this question at such a complicated time in the country. In addition Dr. Abdulkabir Fakhry laid special emphasis on the role and individual contribution of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
It is planned that chess lessons will be phased into the curriculum of Libyan schools. At the suggestion of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, starting from the new school year (1st October), chess will be implemented as a pilot project in the obligatory education programme in 20 Libyan schools.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Montcada Open
The 13th Ciutat de Montcada Open was held from 25th June to 3rd July in Montcada i Reixac, Spain. Open A had 66 participants and among them 10 Grandmasters. GM Salvador Del Rio de Angelis ESP 2508 and GM Matthieu Cornette FRA 2562 shared the first place with 7 points each.
Open B had 116 participants. Aitor Ortiz de Latierro Olivella ESP 1848 convincingly won the first place by collecting 8 points from nine games.
Open B had 116 participants. Aitor Ortiz de Latierro Olivella ESP 1848 convincingly won the first place by collecting 8 points from nine games.
Commonwealth and South African Open Chess Championships
After the exciting finish two English Grandmasters, Gawain Jones and Nigel Short, shared the first place with 9.5 points each. In the last round they defeated GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Pablo Lafuente, respectively.
Jones was declared the winner on slightly better tiebreak score. German junior IM Niclas Huschenbeth reached excellent position in the shared 3rd place. Full report.
Tournament website
Jones was declared the winner on slightly better tiebreak score. German junior IM Niclas Huschenbeth reached excellent position in the shared 3rd place. Full report.
Tournament website
Saturday, July 02, 2011
U.S. Chess Open coming to Vancouver in 2012
About 500 chess players will head to the city on August 4-12, 2012, for The United States Chess Federation’s 113th U.S. Open.
The event will be held at the Hilton Vancouver Washington hotel at 301 W. 6th St.
It’s a big deal, both locally, and throughout the region, said Gary Dorfner, secretary of the Washington State Chess Federation and tournament director of the Tacoma Chess Club.
“We tried to get them to hold it here in Seattle, but they couldn’t find a hotel big enough or inexpensive enough,” Dorfner said.
The last U.S. Open in the region was in Portland in 1987. The last U.S. Open in Washington was in Seattle in 1964, he said.
Was properly confused with the city name and thought that the tourney goes to Canada! But it is Vancouver of the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.
Read the full article in The Columbian
Commonwealth Chess Championship R9
South African 19th seed FM van der Nat Nicholas P surprised every one when he defeated a much higher rated IM Grover Sahaj in a well fought game to take sole lead at the 2011 Commonwealth & South African Open Chess Championships the after 9th round.
Rybka Busted
Yet another world champion has been brought low for suspected use of a banned performance-enhancing substance.
Rybka, the chess-playing computer program that won the past four World Computer Chess Championship titles, was summarily stripped of its silicon crown this week amid charges its programmer plagiarized the software of two rival programs.
David Levy, president of the International Computer Games Association (ICGA), announced the action against Rybka on Wednesday and imposed a lifetime ban on Czech-American programmer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate Vasik Rajlich. He accused Mr. Rajlich of ripping off the coding of two other software programs marketed as Crafty and Fruit. Mr. Levy also demanded the return of trophies and prize money the program won.
“We are convinced that the evidence against Vasik Rajlich is both overwhelming in its volume and beyond reasonable question in its nature. Vasik Rajlich is guilty of plagiarizing the programs Crafty and Fruit,” an ICGA letter states.
Full article in The Washington Times
Rybka, the chess-playing computer program that won the past four World Computer Chess Championship titles, was summarily stripped of its silicon crown this week amid charges its programmer plagiarized the software of two rival programs.
David Levy, president of the International Computer Games Association (ICGA), announced the action against Rybka on Wednesday and imposed a lifetime ban on Czech-American programmer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate Vasik Rajlich. He accused Mr. Rajlich of ripping off the coding of two other software programs marketed as Crafty and Fruit. Mr. Levy also demanded the return of trophies and prize money the program won.
“We are convinced that the evidence against Vasik Rajlich is both overwhelming in its volume and beyond reasonable question in its nature. Vasik Rajlich is guilty of plagiarizing the programs Crafty and Fruit,” an ICGA letter states.
Full article in The Washington Times
Novak Djokovic on top of the world
On July 1, 2011, Serbian Novak Djokovic advanced to his career first Wimbledon final by defeating Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 6-7 (11-9) and 6-3.
The victory also pushes the second-ranked Djokovic to the top of the world rankings regardless of what the result of the final is. Djokovic, who began the two-week Wimbledon marathon just 65 points behind #1 Rafael Nadal, has held the No. 2 spot since March 3, 2011.
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The victory also pushes the second-ranked Djokovic to the top of the world rankings regardless of what the result of the final is. Djokovic, who began the two-week Wimbledon marathon just 65 points behind #1 Rafael Nadal, has held the No. 2 spot since March 3, 2011.
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Friday, July 01, 2011
Karjakin and Aronian seeded in Grand Slam Final Masters
The organizers of Bilbao Final Masters 2011 have confirmed that Sergey Karjakin is officially invited for the final of the Grand Slam, that will take in Sao Paulo and Bilbao.
With that addition the tournament is on track for an absolute record - looking at the 2700 live rating list the Final Masters has number 1 Magnus Carlsen, number 2 Vishy Anand, number 3 Levon Aronian, number 4 Sergey Karjakin, and number 6 Hikaru Nakamura.
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With that addition the tournament is on track for an absolute record - looking at the 2700 live rating list the Final Masters has number 1 Magnus Carlsen, number 2 Vishy Anand, number 3 Levon Aronian, number 4 Sergey Karjakin, and number 6 Hikaru Nakamura.
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Commonwealth Chess Championship R8
Three Indians Dronavalli Harika, R R Laxman and Grover Sahaj join GM Gawain Jones in the leadership battle after round 8 of the 2011 Commonwealth & South African Open Chess Championships.
Commonwealth Chess Championship R7
Top seed Grandmaster GM Nigel Short had a tough day playing against 2nd seed India's GM Abhijeet Gupta. Both the players were determined not give any chance to the other and fought for a win. However when they realised that no outcome is possible they agreed to share the point.
AAI Tournament, Round Eight
Parimarjan Negi stopped his run of losses while Krishnan Sasikiran got back to his winning ways in what turned out to be good day for the Indian duo in the AAI Grandmasters Chess Tournament.
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Games with computer analysis
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Games with computer analysis
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